UPDATED 10:00 a.m., August 27Mansfield, TX – The Alice Ponder Elementary School building will be demolished beginning approximately at 9:00 a.m., Monday, August 26 to make way for the new school construction. Ponder Elementary demolition site is located at 102 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Mansfield, TX 76063.

The transition and new construction of Mansfield ISD's five oldest elementary schools has begun. A 2011 bond election ($198.5 million) was called and approved to completely rebuild the following schools to provide equity across the district:

Tarver-Rendon Elementary – opened Jan, 1971 (school originally opened in 1911)

J.L. Boren Elementary – opened in 1979

Alice Ponder Elementary – opened in 1967

Glenn Harmon Elementary – opened in 1988

Charlotte Anderson Elementary – opened 1986

The rebuilding portion of the 2011 bond program is a $69 million plan to demolish and rebuild five elementary schools. The bond program also includes safety, security and technology upgrades and other improvements for the remaining 37 campuses in Mansfield ISD.